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Is it really longer than the Catholic church?
by mongol 1y ago
Is it really longer than the Catholic church?
- rayiner 1y agoFair point.
- kridsdale1 1y agoAlong this line of thinking, surely there’s an unbroken administrative / bureaucratic tradition running China that spans multiple royal dynasties and perhaps even the recent ideological upheaval. Can we call that an enduring government?
- mongol 1y agoI don't think there is, since China's last dynasty ended in 1912. At that point, and in 1947, there were very clear breaks with previous governance